The federal excise taxes on cigarettes rose from 24 cents to 39 cents per pack between 1993 and 2002, many states raised their cigarette taxes, and the major manufacturers increased prices by about a dollar per pack, including 45 cents a pack to cover the cost of the MSA (Capehart 2001)
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Finally, the illegal trade of cigarettes can also be linked to organized crime, money laundering, and other illegal activities
Three years later, there has been a lot of progress, but, Switzer says, we still have work to do. When Semblexs efforts began, 55 employees were smokersabout 25 percent of its workforce
